- From: Kay, Michael <Michael.Kay@softwareag.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 22:44:01 +0200
- To: Michael Rys <mrys@microsoft.com>, public-qt-comments@w3.org
> > Class: Editorial > > If I match (a)|(ab), should that not match the longest one as well? > "Longest match" would be a viable alternative to "first match", but there is no obvious right answer. We chose "first match" in the belief that this was the more common approach in other regex specifications, but if you have evidence to the contrary, please let us know. Michael Kay
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